on the go. to change in spain prime minister mariano rajoy has removed in a voted no confidence in socialist leader pedro sanchez replaces. hello again i'm. also coming up in this program new prime minister is due to be sworn in any moment now after months of political uncertainty we live in russia. and europe strikes back at us imports. challenges their legality at the world trade organization plus why

a new museum in cape town with the world's largest collection of african art isn't looking attractive to everyone. but let's start in spain which now has a new prime minister after mariano rajoy lost the parliamentary vote of confidence ending six and a half years in power the opposition socialist party leader fed to refine chairs he's the new prime minister he brought the no confidence motion after members of the hallways conservative people's party jail for corruption need a report from madrid. a new political dawn for spain forty six year old former economics professor pedro sanchez who's now the country's do you like minister. i am aware of the responsibilities that i assume in such a complex political moment in our country and what i can say is that apart from being totally aware of. i'm going to face all our country's challenges with

humility and commitment and above all with a lot of determination first to transform and modernize our country which is what the socialist party has always done when we have been in the government and secondly to attend to the urgent social matters of many people living in precarious conditions and suffering from inequality i am going to do it with consensus with humility hard work and commitment from. the head of the socialist party pushed for friday's no confidence motion and won by a large margin m.p.'s from six different parties voted overwhelmingly to house marianna will and his center right people's policy from office the head of the vote apologize for his policies past mistakes. it has been an honor to be the prime minister of spain it has been an honor to leave behind a better spain than the one that i found when i took over government i wish my substitute will be able to say the same i think i have improved the well being of

the people of spain if anyone has been offended by my actions i think everyone especially my party without whom none of this would be possible thank you to all spaniards for their support and understanding and good luck to all of you and to spain. the vote follows a long running corruption scandal involving leading members of roy's party he became the first prime minister in office to give evidence in a trial last year. former people's party treasure lewis was among twenty nine people convicted on corruption charges he was once a close. he was given a thirty three year jail sentence and fined fifty one million dollars the people's party was also ordered to pay back two hundred ninety five thousand dollars but has remained defiant accusing sanchez of political opportunism spain's new prime minister will have to unite the country's french a parliament will be the leader of a minority government and need the support of rival political parties to pass

crucial legislation sanchez inherits a troubled economy and political instability over the future of catalonia where the independence movement remains strong he's also under pressure from other parties to cool new elections as soon as possible sanchez is now spain's seventh prime minister since his return to democracy in the one nine hundred seventy s. but his hold on power faces immediate challenges. al-jazeera madrid and in germany prosecutors there have followed a formal request to extradite the deposed catalan leader colors pushed him on to spain pushed him on to was detained in march on a european arrest warrant for his role in catalonia failed independence paid last year he's facing charges of rebellion and corruption if he's found guilty he could spend up to thirty years in jail for. the european union is to trigger a legal challenge at the world trade organization the w.t. is against u.s.

tariffs on steel and the e.u. along with canada or mexico have vowed to take retaliatory measures and washington a spokesman for the address the concerns. it was a riddle he was heading your story and in for more ministerial gathering in the margins of the euro you see the meetings and i can quote what he said yesterday he's the rising trade tensions and the risk of escalation are a very real concern is that it is suppose it if he said that members are talking to each other and taking up their concerns at the w.t.r. the system was built to resolve these problems in a way that prevents further escalation we have done so very successfully on many previous occasions and stand ready to play this role once again with the european trade commissioner says the terrorists are further weakened transatlantic relations we have been very clear about the consequences of doing this the european union

will today sent. a request for consultations and later a panel to the w.h.o. other countries will as well we are determined to protect the multilateral system the w t o is not perfect but we have constructed this together with our american partners and we are expecting everybody to play by the rules but the u.s. administration's allows and has seen the financial markets react with fears of a global trade war here's our correspondent in washington kimberly halkett. u.s. commerce secretary wilbur ross made the announcement from paris where he was attending an annual trade forum. tariffs of twenty five percent on steel and ten percent on aluminum imports into the united states from canada mexico and the european union all go into effect friday the move potentially sets in motion a trade war with some of the united states' most important allies a claim the u.s.

commerce secretary brushed off everybody has every now and again very firmly every country with others whose loathing. will get over it in due course in brussels the head of the european commission called it a bad day for world trade promising counter measures that could include retaliatory tariffs u.s. goods into the e.u. on everything from blue jeans to motorcycles what they can do we are able to do exactly. the same it's totally up but that it come to look through measures when it comes to. create france's junior trade minister promised a similar response suggesting the u.s. president may be misinformed. the comes a point when one needs to look at the figures and i'm surprised that maybe

president trump stuff haven't shown him how much those european companies have invested in the united states created jobs that to assemble and produce that now those u.s. jobs could be at risk just as president donald trump seeks to fulfill one of his top campaign promises to protect the jobs of his supporters in america's steel and aluminum manufacturing sectors it's not just international partners criticizing donald trump's decision to oppose steel and aluminum tariffs on top of. u.s. allies domestically members of president trump's own republican party are also criticizing him fear of the effects of a global trade war despite white house efforts to downplay those concerns can really help get al-jazeera at the white house. let's take you right back to rome now where the swearing in all of the new prime minister there you see is currently underway

all right but we haven't got the sound that it would appear but fortunately for us we do have nadine barber our correspondent who's been covering the machinations and the team that brought us to this point just forty eight hours ago we weren't even sure where we are that they would be able to get it together and form a government. that's right marty we've been here before but now finally you know it's really interesting here it will be calling western europe the first populist government headed by does it take are you referring to this law professor he's not a professional politician he's a lloyd's to the five star movement one of the to haunt. us. and we seem to have lost in a team as well so we're not having

a great deal of luck are we at the moment with our connection to rome but there you can see the picture of the lives wearing of the government is the team is referring to be contained is an economist a former professor. very little known no political experience anyway he is the man who is going to be leading this this government which does include interesting the enough the controversial figure of power. he was the man who's original appointment or selection i should say to be the finance minister was the that was the appointment that the president vetoed he wasn't prepared to have that he thought that his euro skepticism was too much and it the sending far too much of a message to italy's european partners therefore he vetoed that government that's when we started to have all sorts of constable permutations as to who would take over what would happen and there was even the suggestion of there being

a new set of elections and obviously that would have really spooked the markets and would not of voted terribly well for the italian political system anyway there you see the president swearing in the new italian government and we shall follow their developments rather closely here at al-jazeera in the meantime let's move on. because still to come on this program. kidd montreal is now planning to travel to washington to deliver a personal letter from chairman kim jong il paschal delivery from north korea will have the latest on preparations for that summit with donald trump. minding pakistan's affairs until july caretaker government is sworn in.

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for the top stories here in. spain as a new prime minister after mariano rajoy lost the parliamentary vote of confidence ending six and a half years in power his replacement is paid for sanchez is leader of the station is passing the opposition force of eight after members of rough voice conservative people's party was jailed for corruption. the european union has launched a legal challenge at the w. against us tariffs on steel and aluminum imports the european trade commissioner says the terrorists are further weakening transatlantic relations. and the prime minister of israel is first poppy this government has just been sworn in ending months of political uncertainty there picante is leading

a coalition of the anti establishment five star movement and a far right league party that is our correspondent there in rome and we've just seen the swearing in of this unlikely set of bedfellows how will a far right party like the league party join forces with an anti establishment party but the five star movement. well martin yet nobody really knows there's lots of internal rivalries between the two parties the far right league and the five star movement the head of the league matteo salvini becomes interior minister he's attracted attention internationally with promises to for example deport hundreds of thousands of undocumented migrants and hold asylum seekers for up to eighteen months in detention centers around the country the new labor and industry minister is the head of five star luigi to my oh his big rival demaio has talked about guaranteeing a basic universal income while at the same time lowering taxes so lots of questions

about human rights obligations and lots of questions about how all of these policies are going to be funded we do know that this will be a very euro skeptic government although the previous economy minister who was vetoed by the president has now moved aside to a different position the man who is economy minister has strongly criticised german fiscal policy and he wants changes to european rules so it really can increase its state investment to do something about the dreadful unemployment rate here and boost people's standards of living so a lot of people giving them the benefit of the doubt they're bound to pass a vote of confidence early next week we think but beyond that it's hard to guess nadine thank you for that that was the scene just a little while ago at the canal palace in main. now palestinians are again protesting at israel's border with gaza have been demonstrations there every friday ever since march to thirty if we can get a life and then join our correspondent gary forces in harry look very much is that

the anger has not diminished amongst gazans. no there are still hundreds here at the moment this was around the time that people had been instructed to gather here called on to gather here during sermons at friday prayers and they've come and what they've done let me just come out of the shot and i'll let my has human slightly. they have brought the base of burning tires significantly further away from the border than it has been in previous weeks maybe a couple of hundred meters further in towards gazan territory away from the fence itself but that seems to have just brought the israeli measures further away as well the fact that we've heard quite a few live fire rounds zipping overhead presumably warning shots there have been a couple of injuries with live fire already as well and there's also been a lot of tear gas fired the at this area further inside gaza where this friday so

far the protest is a gathering and harry as we've already mentioned this is been going on for some time there's been considerable loss of life not to mention the number of people who have been wounded how long are the palestinians expecting to keep up this level of protest. well that's question i asked a senior advisor to the hamas leadership yesterday on thursday saying you know what is the objective what is the the achievement that will bring these protests to an end to such an achievement is finally won he says that this is an entirely new strategy that despite what happened just a couple of days ago with the very heavy military exchange between palestinian fighting factions and israeli forces. there has been a switch in tactics towards mass peaceful protest and. essentially that will continue until there is a full lifting of the siege and people have freedom of movement they can get out

into the waters around gaza and that gaza is normalized as a proper place to live and even said that the protests would continue until there is full palestinian statehood however there is a lot of talk about a deal in the offing brokered by egypt he was talking as well about a potential cease fire a long term one of five or ten years the question remains though how to bridge still very large gaps between what the israelis demand and what's the palestinians what what hamas demands here in gaza or in terms of the israelis wanting demilitarization hamas wanting an entirely open situation with people able to go out and work and imports and exports flowing in and out of gaza freely but obviously there are such efforts under way whether this tactic whether this way of pressurising israel as it's seen is going to work well we're going to keep going for a while and try to find out how it will said live in gaza thank you the

north korean leaders right hand man is heading to the u.s. capital to deliver a letter from kim jong un to president kim yong charles trip to washington comes after what the u.s. secretary of state called great progress made during their talks in new york from where our diplomatic editor james bain is now in. a second day of intense diplomacy between the u.s. secretary of state and the north korean envoy who met for almost two and a half hour as reporters watched the comings and goings at the apartment block where the u.s. government owns a residence on the thirty ninth floor state department officials were very cautious in what they said but one man was not as restrained the u.s. president he spoke as the meeting was still under way revealing for the first time that general kim will now head to the white house good morning i just want to tell you we're doing very well with north korea our secretary of state has had very good

meetings he's meeting again today. i believe they'll be coming down to washington on friday and a letter is going to be delivered to me from him john. the president said the summit in singapore if it takes place could be the first of perhaps two or three meetings between him and kim jong later secretary pump aoe sidestepped questions about whether the two sides have the same definition of denuclearization and seemed well aware of the scale of the challenge ahead this is going to be a process that will take days and weeks to work our way through there will be tough moments there will be difficult times i've had some difficult conversations with them as well. they've given right back to me to reporters had been led to believe that these crucial negotiations would only be taking place here at this apartment block in new york but now there is another phase and an unpredictable element

president trump himself at the white house general kim is carrying a letter which he will open there from his leader kim james post al-jazeera new york in pakistan a caretaker government and prime minister being sworn in there for messi prien court justice nothing is in. challenge until the general election july the twenty fifth the three main political parties are campaigning on promises of a stronger economy and job title and religious law has traditionally influenced. the has the latest from the capital. the president of pakistan mr moore or jane hadley administered the old to the chevron prime minister of pakistan natural. formerly the country's chief justice also doubt choice coming up after extensive consultation between the government and the opposition party's national mall is

considered to be a normal. man he had also been the chief justice of the supreme court of target and of course his primary responsibility will be to ensure all free and fair elections within two months the election commission had already announced their twenty fifth of july as the election day date and budget on the new government of course will have to grapple with the challenge it including the economy and also its relations with its neighbors and the united states. nationwide protests have been held in argentina calling for the decriminalize ation of abortion. the demands follow months of televised hearings on whether or not to allow women to terminate pregnancies within the first fourteen weeks a congressional committee is due to vote on the proposed change to the law which both thousands of parliament would have to approve today as

a bird calls are from but osiris. it's the last day of the abortion hearings in argentina and those who want to legalize it demonstrated in congress will ring as always the color green that's become a symbol of the national campaign for free legal and safe abortions a minute a single minute that we have been fighting for many years for something like this to happen to separate the state from the church and to the side based on what's better for the country in the past decade we have seen a few reasons for aggressive reforms in argentina like gay marriage and sexual education policies but until now abortion has been off the table mainly because of the pressure by the catholic church in the past two months we have seen over seven hundred people coming here to congress to express their views for and against abortion the debate has polarized the country abortion in argentina is legal only in case of rape or if a woman's life is had risk but it is estimated that four hundred thousand planned

the stine abortions are performed every year many women have died most of them are poor the outcome of any vote is by no means certain sure and there i have to defend the right to life that is in our constitution and i cannot go against the right to life since conception but if you ask me if you want a woman to go to prison because of an abortion i say no i think we can protect them in a different way if they want. this public debate has promoted the possibility of a problem a consequence that has. it helps the health ministry and also szell sectors to begin talking about sexual education educate about contraception and prevent abortions precedent. is against a change in the law but he allowed the debate defying the pressure from the catholic church. some bishops have been very aggressive with lawmakers where they have threatened those who are planning to vote in favor they generate fear they

remain authoritarian but it's because they know they will lose. over the past fifteen years the campaign to legalize abortion has presented six bills on six different locations but no one made it to congress many hold it will be different this time. two of the vatican's leading prosecutors are being sent back to chile to investigate their case of child sex abuse and accusations a bishop covered up the crimes and paper francis who visited chile in january has written to chile's roman catholics to apologize for the scandal he said the church should be ashamed of its treatment of the victims he praised them for bringing the truth to light despite attempts by catholic leaders to discredit them. fourteen year old boy has discovered just how one eight letter word can be worth quite a lot of money. i am. and i.

thank you. for your new media means community joint participation and sharing catholic nominee won the national spelling competition in the u.s. state of texas and along with the tracy he took him a check for forty thousand dollars for. a new museum in south africa has quickly become a top tourist attraction but the collection of contemporary african art in cape town is also causing controversy among local artists and critics malcolm webber thoughts it's the first of its kind in africa and the biggest designs museum of contemporary art in cape town is in an old. concrete sheaves that once stored grain has been cut away to house the world's largest collection of african art it's attracted and impressed from all over the world.

i'm so excited to. see. it opened last year he draws three thousand visitors a day it's galleries are spread over nine rules the display the private collection of german billionaire philanthropist york and zite. he's bought artworks from all over the continent and led them to the museum on top of the building is a hotel rooms that cost as much as twelve thousand dollars a night it's on cape town's waterfront which is home to some of the conference most expensive property there is popular with tourists and with wealthy south africans few people from the townships come here so some artists are not critics say the putting that kind of institution in this kind of place isn't very inclusive but the provincial minister for tourism told us it's prominent helps african art position

in an exclusive space and i waterfront that top tourism destination in africa i mean what better place to put it if you want to really get artists to be exposed african or to be exposed so i think that gives me an archway xenia verse arguments . just outside the city in a township called langar he went to a community center that works with local artists it's supported by city authorities we asked one of the founders about the nearby opening of the giant gallery housing of foreigners private collection it's ok. decided to do what we want to do. now would love to see that person's face and. this in a. museum tries to be accessible african citizens spared the fifteen dollars entrance fee on wednesday mornings and schoolchildren and for free

all the time at least those able to get here and enjoy this grand addition to the continent's art scene. malcolm webb algis iraqi town south africa. service to take a look at the top stories here it is or a space in has a new prime minister after mariano rajoy lost the parliamentary vote of confidence to end six and a half years in power his replacement is pedro sanchez leader of the socialist party the opposition force the vote of the members of his conservative people's party with jailed for corruption. and the prime minister of italy's first populist government has just been sworn in ending months of political uncertainty there on days leading a coalition of the n.t. establishment five star movement and the far right league party european union is launching a legal challenge at the world trade organization against u.s.

tariffs on steel and alum minium imports the european trade commissioner says the tariffs are further weakening transatlantic relations. we have been very clear about the consequences of doing this the european union will today sent. a request for consultations and later a panel to the w.h.o. of the countries will as well we are determined to protect the multilateral system the w t o is not perfect but we have constructed this together with our american partners and we are expecting everybody to play by the rules north and south korea have agreed to set up a new joint liaison office during the resumed peace talks the south korea delegation also proposed to military talks to further reduce tension the north korean team said it was important they follow in the footsteps of their leaders and fulfill the agreements reached during the recent into korean summit. hundreds of

palestinians are protesting at israel's border with girls or have been demonstrations there every friday for the past two months the border tension follows a week there's all the worse escalation of violence between israel and hamas says twenty fourteen. in pakistan a caretaker government and prime minister have been sworn in the former supreme court justice naseer all moloch will lead the country until the general election on july the twenty fifth the three main political parties are campaigning on promises of a stronger economy and more jobs for it that's it for me those are the latest headlines the news continues with folly in half an hour. we do not and will not tolerate with people who fund terrorism. we need to achieve one year into the gulf crisis al-jazeera examines its political economic and human impacts join us for special

coverage on june the fifth. hi i'm femi oke a and you're in the street and i'm ali could be today we're diving into three stories that are buzzing online we begin in gaza where the largest flare up of violence between hamas and israel since the twenty fourteen because of war appears to be over people on social media have been talking about the news using hash tags gaza under attack on wednesday hamas announced that armed groups in the gaza strip how did agree to a cease fire with israel the news followed a night of air attacks on tuesday aimed at several hamas and islamic jihad positions joining us to talk about face we have how we force it he's a senior correspondent with al-jazeera english he's covering the story for our network. is a student a social media activist in gaza. it's good to have you here.